Nanja Reddy, Y. A. ; Keshava Murthy, M. N. ; Virupakshappa, K. ; Uma Shaanker, R. (1995) An improved non-destructive method for rapid estimation of leaf area in sunflower genotypes Journal of Agronomy and Crop Science, 175 (2). pp. 83-86. ISSN 0931-2250
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Related URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1439-037X.1995.tb01133.x
Abstract
Measurement of total leaf area per plant in crop improvement programmes for a variety of purposes is often very tedious and time consuming. In this paper, we offer a rapid and non-destructive method of estimating the total leaf area in sunflower at the time of anthesis. We show that multiplying the leaf area of a specific leaf position from the apex by the total number of leaves per plant yields total leaf area with more than 95 % accuracy. The specific leaf position for any given genotype in sunflower can be arrived at by multiplying the total number of leaves per plant by the factor 0.355 and rounding off to the nearest highest integer. This technique can be used for the rapid estimation of leaf area per plant at anthesis for any given genotype of sunflower.
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| Keywords: | Actual Leaf Area; Estimated Leaf Area; Relative Leaf Position; Sunflower |
| ID Code: | 55477 |
| Deposited On: | 18 Aug 2011 08:51 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2011 08:51 |
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